Registered Nurse, Hematology Oncology Triage​/Clinic, Per Diem

In accordance with the American Nurses Association’s “Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice,” the registered staff nurse, under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager, is primarily responsible for professional performance and direct patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients and their families across the health care continuum. The registered staff nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality and fiscal patient care outcomes using the model of care designed by the nursing department and in accordance with established agency policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines and standards of practice.

Nurse’s primary responsibility is to administer ordered injections, pump disconnects and vaccines, triage telephone calls from patient, families and community or referring office, to make follow up calls to patients as instructed by the provider, prescription refills, home care referrals, and work closely with providers and nursing in clinic. Using telephone interaction as the mode of delivery, facilitates callers’ access to appropriate level of care by assessing needs, offering clinical option, referral to health care providers, services and community resources.

Promotes welllness and informed decisions by providing health information, home care advice anad prevention concepts. The nurse must be able to assess a client’s health concerns without the advantage of visual inspection or face-to-face interaction. Must rely on their communication skills, knowledge of disease processes, and normal growth and development for all age groups in order to ascertain an accurate understanding of the client’s symptoms.

Nurse will also take patient/pharmacy requests for prescription refills and entry into the patient record for Provider review and approval. The RN will also perform pre-visit review of patient EMR to ensure all required information is available during the visit as well as Visits and Post Visit functions in support of the Provider.

Registered Nurse

Hematology Oncology Triage/Clinic

Per Diem

• Consistently and effectively utilizes all steps of the nursing process in the provision of timely, safe, efficient and appropriate patient/centered care.

• Responsibilities include administration of ordered injections, pump disconnects and vaccines, triage telephone calls from patient, families and community or referring office, follow up calls to patients as instructed by the provider, prescription refills, home care referrals, and work closely with providers and nursing in clinic.

• Meets and follows all standards of nursing practice care and standards of professional performance of a registered staff nurse.

• Prioritize incoming calls based on clinical acuity. Determine the severity of the caller’s complaint. Direct the caller to the appropriate emergency services if necessary, recommend the suggested medical follow-up based on their assessments and established triage protocols, and provide health information

• Using the nursing process, analyzes the assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses and facilitates access to the health care system and/or negotiates a satisfactory resolution to the issue.

• Work closely with providers, nurses, and all other members of the medical center staff by demonstrating effective communication, teaching, and negotiating skills.

• Accountable for quality assessment, efficient managed care, and patient satisfaction in collaboration with the health care team. Implements interventions identified in the nursing and medical plan of care.

• Provides and guides patient teaching, counseling, and indicated medical recommendations while maintaining standards of professional nursing practice.

• Document patient/pharmacy requests for prescription refills, reviewing patient medical record and documenting recommended script in the patient medical record for provider review and approval.

• Schedule appointments for the primary care physician group and specialists.

• Review and triage the lab/x-ray results received in the…